List of tables

1.1 Definitions of a few surface roughness parameters 11
1.2 Summary and comparison of roughness measurement methods 31
3.1 Reference values applied in calculations 93
3.2 Cavitation wave number at studied values of viscosity, wave and asperity height ratios 96
3.3 Reference values used in calculations 110
4.1 Comparison of some features of SFA, STM and AFM 123
4.2 Parameters in the standard Morse potential 133
4.3 Contact lengths by the JKR and MD analyses for the case of diamond-copper interactions 151
5.1 Equations for calculating elastic (Hertz) contact stress 163
5.2 Definitions of surface roughness parameters 165
5.3 Static friction coefficients for clean metals in helium gas at two temperatures

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